on Company RAu's DIDO
performance language: English
run time: 60′
Dido is a solo multi-disciplinary performance by Istanbul-based choreographer/performer Korhan Basaran that reflects the myth of Dido and Aeneas using elements of dance, theater, new music and video projection to explore themes of human desire, frustration and heartbreak.
Basaran takes the audience on a journey in collaboration with Tolga Yayalar’s original composition and Ataman Girisken’s projection design deep into Dido’s mind as she falls in love and is ultimately destroyed by her own desire and loyalty. Language is an extension of movement as Basaran’s body softens, explodes, ducks, hides, and accuses, showing us how Dido’s mind grasps at the realization of her betrayal. Girisken uses video projection and Yayalar uses sound to redefine the stage space with simple, bold clean imagery with a constantly traveling sound that shifts our perception of time and space as we descend deeper and deeper into this dream poem of theatrical experience.
Dido’s text has been re-written by Basaran with inspiration from Virgil’s Aeneid and Christopher Marlowe’s Dido; Queen of Carthage.
what people said ABOUT DIDO
With Basaran’s interpretation of Dido, he continues to write a tradition that has captivated countless generations to date and, judging by the audience reaction, continues to emotionally grip them today.
Elisabeth Ritonja
European Cultural News
Basaran condenses the action to the last moments of Dido’s life, after she has been abandoned by Aeneas, and makes visible all the emotions that heartbreak can bring.
Elisabeth Ritonja
European Cultural News
Previous SHOWS
21-22 September 2023 // Vienna
Sea Change Europa in Szene Theatre Festival Wortwiege Vienna
https://www.wortwiege.at/projekt/dido/
Reviews:
https://european-cultural-news.com/en/dido-wortwiege-korhan-basaran-kasematten/49979/
https://noe.orf.at/stories/3225239/
https://kijuku.at/buehne/intensive-getanzte-verse-ueber-un-erfuellte-sehnsuechte/
29 June 2023 // Sofia
Small Season Festival Sfumato Festival Sofia
03 June 2023 // Athens
Theatre Nous Athens
https://www.thisisathens.org/events/dido-queen-carthage
https://theatrenous-creativespace.com/en/etn/dido/
26 May 2023 // Thessaloniki
Thess Fringe Festival Thessaloniki
https://thessfringe.com/events/company-raus-dido/
https://thessaloniki.travel/event/thessfringe-festival/
05 May 2023 // Bursa
Podyum Sanat Bursa
30 March 2023 // Istanbul
Alan Kadıköy İstanbul
2 November 2022 // Istanbul
World Premiere
26th Istanbul Theatre Festival Alan Kadıköy İstanbul
https://tiyatro.iksv.org/tr/yirmialtinci-istanbul-tiyatro-festivali-2022/dido
20-21-22 January 2022 // Ankara
Previews
BILT – Ankara Bilkent Theatre
https://tiyatrodergisi.com.tr/bilt-sunar-korhan-basaran-dido-ile-bilkent-tiyatro-ana-sahnesinde/